Manning Boy Delayed Mystery Deepens in Washington
Dr and Mrs Manning of 124 Eleventh Street face hope and doubt as their 14 year old son John James is missing since November 15 1901. They suspect a fellow wanderer Humphreys may be involved while a man at Boone Iowa is thought to be their son but could be a cruel impostor seeking notoriety and money.
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Johm Manning
W. J Manning
Eleventh Street
Washington
Boone
Iowa
Manning
Mr. Manning
Government Printing Office
Boston
Nova Scotia
Thirteenth Street
John James
Jack
Sautter
Washington Loan and Trust CO
John Joy Edson
Sophia Sautter
East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company
Firemen's Insurance
Trist and
la. Ave. Nw
D.C
Shaw & Bro
Hoomaker’s Tenessee
Sroomaker CO
Lost boy Jack Manning found via War Cry appeal
Dr Manning’s son Jack vanished in 190L after noon on November 15. Extensive searches failed until a Salvation Army War Cry ad led to a Boone Iowa youth patched into the city’s electrical plant mystery. Police verified identity. telegram confirmed Jack’s return home and eligibility.
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Jack
Elizabeth
Church of the Incarnation
Manning
Nova Scotia
New York
Salvation Army
New York City
Louisa Craig
Boone
Iowa
Des Moines
Heyvoo
Total Electricans
Miss Craig
Dr. Manning
Oiclats
Young Manning
Missing Man Humphreys Linked to Washington Trip
In a curious case on the arrival of a lone traveler, Manning's illness was noted and his son’s malaria was reported. Capt. Boardman, reviewing records, searched for a lad named Humphreys who claimed to have travelled from Washington with Jack and stayed with him. Further questions were planned but not sent, leaving gaps in the investigation.
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Boone Caidela
Bone
Manning
Humphreys
ft _Washington
Jack
Capt. Boardman
Wash- Dieton
Tie Bey & Ming Salé
Boone
Ewe
Attain Metjn
Humidity at its Gamax Civilized Weather Forecast
Professor Frankenfield of the Weather Bureau describes unprecedented humidity over the past week, stating that in the Ohio Valley the moisture has aided corn crops while causing oppressive conditions. He predicts a return to more civilized weather with cooler winds and less moisture in the near future.
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Jane
H. Co. Frankenfield
Weather Bureau
Frankenfield
Tyro
Eust
Alegheny Mountains
Ohio Valley
Woman Falls From Car On Fourteenth Street
A middle aged woman fainted from heat, fell from a moving car on Fourteenth Street, struck her head, and suffered a severe scalp laceration with bruises. Taken to Emergency Hospital, doctors fear skull fracture and brain concussion. Identity given as Rebecca Richardson of Georgetown.
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Rebecca Richardson
Georgetown
Unable to Explain Himself Found Wandering in Woods
Fenton Brewer fortyish man wandered in Congress Heights woods yesterday. He could not state his address or explain his movements. Held at the substation, police surgeons to investigate his sanity and condition.
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Fenton Brewer
Congress Heights
Brewer
Young Negro Drowned In River Near G Street
Theodore Peyton, a young Black resident of 220 Ninth Street NW, fell into the river near G Street SW while fishing and drowned. The Vigilant crew recovered his body and delivered it to the morgue. In Philadelphia, the National team defeated Niles, Ohio, 4 to 1, with Dug gleby collecting three singles in the ninth.
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Ninth Street
G Street
Vigilant
Philadelphia
Niaigs
Canton
Ohio
Niles
Duggleby
Dugglaby
Abbott
Stewart
Ordon
Virginia girl to wed in Washington after flight
A Virginia girl, Miss Carter, defies her guardian and plans to marry Pierre Taulelle in St Patrick's Church Washington after a detention and chase from Staunton to Charlottesville and back. Guardian Hast sought custody while Taulelle fled endangering arrest before the couple's Washington marriage.
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Nora Carter
Staunton
Chassottesville
Washington
Riday
Suminy Noon
Carter
Clifford Perry
Mma Taulelip
New York Avenue
Morrow
Hast
Miss Carter
Guardian
Burns
Boardman
Misa Carter
Pierre Toulefle
Rose Glocker
Virginia
Agt
Mr. East
Capt. Boardman
Pierre Taulelle
Laave
Taulelle
House of Detention
Mr. Taulelle
Taulelie
Tantelle
Crestfalen
Pierre Tanjeiie
Migs Carter
Tanleile
St. Patrick's
Freight Train Collision Tragedy Details Emerge
A freight train was ordered to wait on the siding at Hindman to clear the passenger train. Officials say the watchman’s signal was misread. The passenger train struck the freight near the siding at about forty five miles per hour, several cars derailed and many lives were lost as survivors fought to escape the wreckage. Authorities pursue a rigid investigation into why the plan failed.
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Creyr
Breanent Ganiff
Mickel Piste
Hindman Eng
Hagman
Een
Ingle Redjway
Amein
Injunction Bans Elope Bid For Daughter
Mrs B F Hollingshead obtained a court injunction stopping Charles Guy Stone from marrying her daughter Jessie Griffiths. The order also bars him and his brother Archie from providing money or clothing to the girl. The mother says Stone attempted to elope and intends to support her until she is of age.
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Man
Washington
Boone
Mra. B. Ft. Hollingshead
Charles Guy Stone
Jessie Griffiths
Guy Stone
Archie
Stone
Chinese Merchants Die in Duel Over Partnership
In Vancouver on Aug 13 Fung Ging and Fung Sing, Chinese merchants and partners, fatally killed Fung Lei, the son of Ging, then shot Fung Sing himself after Ging sought to retire from the partnership. Sing then shot himself, severing the spinal cord, leaving Fung Ging’s son dying in hospital.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Fung Ging
Fung Sing
Fung Lei
Ging
Sing
Weather Review from the U S Department of Agriculture
The report summarizes a week of widespread rain across the East and South with frequent showers from Southern New England to Florida, and notable wet conditions in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. West of the Rockies, warmth and dryness dominated with unsettled conditions returning to the West and planned showers across multiple regions including the Lower Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys. Local readings note temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine, with forecasts for renewed showers in the Mississippi and Ohio basins and coastal fronts.
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U.S Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
New England
Florida
South
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
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Lieutenant in Luge Ruse Recovered Loot After Chase
A Harpers Ferry negro was arrested after allegedly stealing nearly $600 from Lieut. Ideut Neumeyer of the District National Guard while returning from Camp Ordway. Neumeyer and his father pursued the thief, who confessed to the theft and hid the money in a ravine. The lieutenant, aided by the elder Neumeyer, recovered the entire sum and planned to return to Washington.
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Liept EB. A. Neumeyer
Districtational Guard
Ordway
Harpers
Ideut. Neumeyer
Maj
Neumeyer
Wallcpal Gugri
Hia
Harpers Farry
Washington
Leesburg
Harpers, Ferry
Lfe
Harpers Ferry
Lewis Davis
Neumeyers
Lieut
Davis
Harpers Perry
Death notice of a Woodstock resident lawyer
Noes of typhoid fever, about thirty years old. Survived by widow and one child. Graduate of Randolph-Macon College and the law department of Washington and Lee University. Interment at Woodstock on Tuesday afternoon. Rev. J. H. Kern of the Methodist Episcopal Church South officiating.
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Noes
Randelph-Macom College
Law Department
Washington and Lee University
Woodstock
J. H. Kern
theMethodist Episcopal Church South
Pittsburg County Club Foreman Shot by Former Employee
In Pittsburg Pa Louis Rosenbeck foreman at the Pittsburg Country Club golf course for seven years was fatally shot by Daniel Troy who escaped. Troy had been discharged last Monday for negligence and returned tonight to shoot Rosenbeck in his dining room as he and his wife entered the house.
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Pittsburg Country Club
Pittsburg
Louis Rosenbeck
Daniel Troy
Rosenbeck
Golf Inka
Troy
Wilking
Girl's Name Disclosed In Riverside Drive Shooting
Dela W. Lytter of Syracuse NY was identified at Bellevue Hospital as the wounded woman who has refused to reveal her assailant or motives. Reginald C. Smith, knowing her in Paterson NJ, said she left Syracuse with a girl named Graham whose father is seeking her with police help.
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Riverside Drive
Mise Lytter
Syracuse
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Dela W. Lytter
Reginald C. Smith
Paterson
N. J
Graham
Boss bakers resist as strike talks break off
New York date reports a tentative settlement collapsed when boss bakers rejected strikers demands and halted negotiations. East Side Hebrew shops closed without disorder as the impasse continued. John H. Dulin, a Woodstock attorney, died in Leesburg Virginia after a brief illness.
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New York
Killing Follows Quarrel A Man Shoots Another in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on August 13 Frank Craig, 19, was shot and killed at the home of Hugh Gahagan, 34, after they spent the evening drinking. Neighbors say a quarrel occurred but Gahagan offered no clear explanation. Police found the body beside a rifle in the apartment.
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Philadelphia
Frank Craig
Hugh Gahagan
Gahagan
Cadets Endure Heat in Sham Battle at West Point
At West Point New York on August 18 the corps of cadets and officers staged a six square mile sham battle after a week of daily practice marches. Extreme heat caused many prostrations and several cadets and enlisted men were carried away by ambulances. The maneuvers began at 7 50 a m and continued through the day.
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West Point
Weat Point
Corps of Cadets
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